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Religion in economic history : a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … studies the role of the Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly … history. Third, many socioeconomic factors matter in the historical development of religions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229328
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291523
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From the death of god to the rise of Hitler
Becker, Sascha O.; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2023
Can weakened religiosity lead to the rise of totalitarianism? The Nazi Party set itself up as a political religion, emphasizing redemption, sacrifice, rituals, and communal spirit. This had a major impact on its success: Where the Christian Church only had shallow roots, the Nazis received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014414204
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Catch me iIf you can : education and catch-up in the industrial revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Industrial Revolution. -- human capital ; industrialization ; Prussian economic history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888965
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Was Weber wrong? : a human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497633
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Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2013
; Prussian economic history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707623
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iPEHD : the ifo Prussian Economic History Database
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Hornung, Erik; … - 2012
This paper provides a documentation of the ifo Prussian Economic History Database (iPEHD), a county-level database … unique source for micro-regional empirical research in economic history, enabling analyses of the importance of such factors … iPEHD is to provide the data in a digitized and structured way. -- economic history ; Prussia ; 19th century ; database …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580786
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Religion in Economic History : A Survey
Becker, Sascha O. - 2020
This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly digitized data and advanced … leading role in the interconnection between religion and economic history. Third, many socioeconomic factors matter in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830986
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - 2013
. -- entrepreneurship ; firm performance ; human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009691623
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Education Promoted Secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352373